Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2019
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2019, the Pennsylvania city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Scranton (1,199), followed by Erie (476), Allentown (471), Chester (469), and Harrisburg (443).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2019, and the table below shows the ranking of Pennsylvania cities with high number of Violent crimes.
You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in Pennsylvania, and the ranking of all cities in the US.
Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Violent crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2019
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scranton | 1199 |
| 2 | Erie | 476 |
| 3 | Allentown | 471 |
| 4 | Chester | 469 |
| 5 | Harrisburg | 443 |
| 6 | McKeesport | 318 |
| 7 | Altoona | 264 |
| 8 | Wilkes-Barre | 242 |
| 9 | Norristown | 170 |
| 10 | Penn Hills | 165 |
| 11 | Pottstown | 163 |
| 12 | Wilkinsburg | 120 |
| 13 | Bristol Township | 93 |
| 14 | Indiana | 88 |
| 15 | Swatara Township | 76 |
| 16 | Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County | 73 |
| 17 | Darby Township | 68 |
| 18 | Lebanon | 65 |
| 18 | New Kensington | 65 |
| 19 | Warren | 60 |
| 20 | Chambersburg | 59 |
| 21 | State College | 54 |
| 22 | Abington Township, Montgomery County | 53 |
| 23 | Butler | 49 |
| 24 | Plymouth | 46 |
| 25 | Westtown-East Goshen Regional | 44 |
| 26 | West Norriton Township | 38 |
| 27 | Hanover | 37 |
| 28 | North Strabane Township | 35 |
| 28 | Palmyra | 35 |
| 29 | North Versailles Township | 31 |
| 30 | West Reading | 30 |
| 31 | Lower Merion Township | 29 |
| 31 | Stowe Township | 29 |
| 32 | Caln Township | 28 |
| 32 | Springettsbury Township | 28 |
| 32 | Upper Chichester Township | 28 |
| 33 | Warminster Township | 27 |
| 33 | West Caln Township | 27 |
| 33 | West Manchester Township | 27 |
| 34 | Carnegie | 26 |
| 34 | Lansford | 26 |
| 34 | Lower Allen Township | 26 |
| 34 | St. Marys City | 26 |
| 35 | Jefferson Hills Borough | 25 |
| 35 | Manheim | 25 |
| 35 | Sandy Township | 25 |
| 36 | Butler Township, Butler County | 24 |
| 37 | Lansdale | 23 |
| 37 | Lehighton | 23 |
| 37 | Warrington Township | 23 |
| 38 | Allegheny Township, Blair County | 22 |
| 39 | Eddystone | 21 |
| 39 | Lancaster Township, Lancaster County | 21 |
| 39 | Newberry Township | 21 |
| 39 | Wilson | 21 |
| 40 | Brentwood | 20 |
| 40 | Mahoning Township, Carbon County | 20 |
| 40 | Selinsgrove | 20 |
| 41 | Moscow | 19 |
| 42 | Avalon | 18 |
| 42 | Baldwin Borough | 18 |
| 42 | Danville | 18 |
| 42 | Lansdowne | 18 |
| 42 | Wyomissing | 18 |
| 43 | Robinson Township, Allegheny County | 17 |
| 43 | Swissvale | 17 |
| 44 | Cumru Township | 16 |
| 44 | Lower Burrell | 16 |
| 44 | Mount Carmel Township | 16 |
| 44 | Sunbury | 16 |
| 45 | Bangor | 15 |
| 45 | Union Township, Lawrence County | 15 |
| 46 | Catasauqua | 14 |
| 46 | Sharpsville | 14 |
| 46 | Valley Township | 14 |
| 47 | Adams Township, Butler County | 13 |
| 47 | Hilltown Township | 13 |
| 47 | Mechanicsburg | 13 |
| 47 | Moon Township | 13 |
| 47 | South Strabane Township | 13 |
| 48 | Athens Township | 12 |
| 48 | Crafton | 12 |
| 48 | Doylestown Township | 12 |
| 48 | Elizabeth Township | 12 |
| 48 | Highspire | 12 |
| 48 | Monongahela | 12 |
| 48 | New Sewickley Township | 12 |
| 48 | Ralpho Township | 12 |
| 48 | Smith Township | 12 |
| 48 | Springdale | 12 |
| 48 | Throop | 12 |
| 49 | Pymatuning Township | 11 |
| 50 | Cumberland Township, Greene County | 9 |
| 50 | Grove City | 9 |
| 50 | Pequea Township | 9 |
| 50 | Scottdale | 9 |
| 50 | Tyrone | 9 |
| 50 | West Hazleton | 9 |
| 50 | West Whiteland Township | 9 |
| 50 | Whitpain Township | 9 |
| 51 | Caernarvon Township, Berks County | 8 |
| 51 | Central Bucks Regional | 8 |
| 51 | Ephrata Township | 8 |
| 51 | Manor Township, Lancaster County | 8 |
| 51 | Rostraver Township | 8 |
| 51 | Royersford | 8 |
| 51 | Tiadaghton Valley Regional | 8 |
| 52 | Brackenridge | 7 |
| 52 | Canonsburg | 7 |
| 52 | Covington Township | 7 |
| 52 | Lower Heidelberg Township | 7 |
| 52 | Marple Township | 7 |
| 52 | Midland | 7 |
| 52 | North Sewickley Township | 7 |
| 52 | Ridley Park | 7 |
| 52 | Salisbury Township | 7 |
| 52 | Sinking Spring | 7 |
| 52 | Upper Dublin Township | 7 |
| 53 | Bedford | 6 |
| 53 | Blair Township | 6 |
| 53 | Etna | 6 |
| 53 | Frackville | 6 |
| 53 | Northampton Township | 6 |
| 53 | Old Forge | 6 |
| 54 | Adamstown | 5 |
| 54 | Athens | 5 |
| 54 | Cambridge Springs | 5 |
| 54 | Emporium | 5 |
| 54 | Ingram | 5 |
| 54 | Lawrence Park Township | 5 |
| 54 | Penndel | 5 |
| 54 | Southwest Greensburg | 5 |
| 54 | West Carroll Township | 5 |
| 54 | West Conshohocken | 5 |
| 54 | West Pottsgrove Township | 5 |
| 55 | Ashland | 4 |
| 55 | Baldwin Township | 4 |
| 55 | Dublin Borough | 4 |
| 55 | East Brandywine Township | 4 |
| 55 | Ford City | 4 |
| 55 | Forks Township | 4 |
| 55 | Foster Township, McKean County | 4 |
| 55 | Jackson Township, Cambria County | 4 |
| 55 | Kingston Township | 4 |
| 55 | Latimore Township | 4 |
| 55 | McDonald Borough | 4 |
| 55 | Montoursville | 4 |
| 55 | North Middleton Township | 4 |
| 55 | Northumberland | 4 |
| 55 | Robinson Township, Washington County | 4 |
| 55 | West Brandywine Township | 4 |
| 56 | Birmingham Township | 3 |
| 56 | Braddock | 3 |
| 56 | Chartiers Township | 3 |
| 56 | Elizabeth | 3 |
| 56 | Elkland | 3 |
| 56 | Franklin Township, Columbia County | 3 |
| 56 | Newport Township | 3 |
| 56 | New Wilmington | 3 |
| 56 | Spring Township, Centre County | 3 |
| 56 | Tinicum Township, Bucks County | 3 |
| 56 | Union City | 3 |
| 56 | West Cocalico Township | 3 |
| 56 | Wilkins Township | 3 |
| 57 | Akron | 2 |
| 57 | Armagh Township | 2 |
| 57 | Blawnox | 2 |
| 57 | Blossburg | 2 |
| 57 | Cochranton | 2 |
| 57 | East Taylor Township | 2 |
| 57 | Fawn Township | 2 |
| 57 | Independence Township, Beaver County | 2 |
| 57 | Langhorne Borough | 2 |
| 57 | Leetsdale | 2 |
| 57 | Malvern | 2 |
| 57 | Mansfield | 2 |
| 57 | McSherrystown | 2 |
| 57 | Nazareth | 2 |
| 57 | New Britain Township | 2 |
| 57 | Palmerton | 2 |
| 57 | Patton | 2 |
| 57 | Point Township | 2 |
| 57 | Shamokin Dam | 2 |
| 57 | South Beaver Township | 2 |
| 57 | South Centre Township | 2 |
| 57 | Southwest Regional, Washington County | 2 |
| 57 | Swarthmore | 2 |
| 57 | Upper Providence Township, Delaware County | 2 |
| 57 | West Vincent Township | 2 |
| 58 | Bellwood | 1 |
| 58 | Bethel Township, Berks County | 1 |
| 58 | Bonneauville | 1 |
| 58 | Carrolltown | 1 |
| 58 | Collegeville | 1 |
| 58 | Cresson Township | 1 |
| 58 | Dallas Township | 1 |
| 58 | Duncansville | 1 |
| 58 | Forest City | 1 |
| 58 | Greene County Regional Police Department | 1 |
| 58 | Hughestown | 1 |
| 58 | Lancaster Township, Butler County | 1 |
| 58 | Mahoning Township, Lawrence County | 1 |
| 58 | Manor Township, Armstrong County | 1 |
| 58 | Masontown | 1 |
| 58 | Midway | 1 |
| 58 | Mount Pleasant Township | 1 |
| 58 | North Coventry Township | 1 |
| 58 | Portage | 1 |
| 58 | Port Allegany | 1 |
| 58 | Port Carbon | 1 |
| 58 | Smethport | 1 |
| 58 | South Buffalo Township | 1 |
| 58 | Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County | 1 |
| 58 | Tulpehocken Township | 1 |
| 58 | Upper Perkiomen | 1 |
| 58 | Upper St. Clair Township | 1 |
| 58 | Vandling | 1 |
| 58 | Womelsdorf | 1 |
| 59 | Aleppo Township | 0 |
| 59 | Ben Avon Heights | 0 |
| 59 | Bigler Township Regional | 0 |
| 59 | Blacklick Township | 0 |
| 59 | Blythe Township | 0 |
| 59 | Brecknock Township, Berks County | 0 |
| 59 | Buckingham Township | 0 |
| 59 | Cleona | 0 |
| 59 | Derry | 0 |
| 59 | Dunnstable Township | 0 |
| 59 | East Bangor | 0 |
| 59 | East Franklin Township | 0 |
| 59 | East Greenville | 0 |
| 59 | Edgeworth | 0 |
| 59 | Elderton | 0 |
| 59 | Fayette City | 0 |
| 59 | Harveys Lake | 0 |
| 59 | Hastings | 0 |
| 59 | Ivyland | 0 |
| 59 | Jackson Township, Luzerne County | 0 |
| 59 | Langhorne Manor | 0 |
| 59 | Lower Salford Township | 0 |
| 59 | Luzerne Township | 0 |
| 59 | Marion Township, Beaver County | 0 |
| 59 | Middleburg | 0 |
| 59 | Millcreek Township, Lebanon County | 0 |
| 59 | Palo Alto | 0 |
| 59 | Penn Township, Butler County | 0 |
| 59 | Pine Creek Township | 0 |
| 59 | Portersville | 0 |
| 59 | Prospect | 0 |
| 59 | Roaring Brook Township | 0 |
| 59 | Rosslyn Farms | 0 |
| 59 | Ryan Township | 0 |
| 59 | South Heights | 0 |
| 59 | St. Clair Township | 0 |
| 59 | Stockertown | 0 |
| 59 | Summit Township | 0 |
| 59 | Sykesville | 0 |
| 59 | Tioga | 0 |
| 59 | Upper Burrell Township | 0 |
| 59 | Vintondale | 0 |
| 59 | Wampum | 0 |
| 59 | Wayne Township | 0 |
| 59 | Weissport | 0 |
| 59 | West Cornwall Township | 0 |
| 59 | West Kittanning | 0 |
| 59 | West Leechburg | 0 |
| 59 | West Nottingham Township | 0 |
| 59 | West Pikeland Township | 0 |
| 59 | Williamsburg | 0 |
| 59 | Worthington | 0 |